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Last week, Gremio became national champions of Rio Grande do Sul for the third time in a row. In the final of this year’s playoffs, the Imortal Tricolor prevailed against Caxias, a Brazilian fourth division team, and thus won the 39th national championship title in the club’s history. To catch up with arch-rivals Internacional, only six other titles are missing.
During the week, Imortal Tricolor continues in league operations. In the night from Thursday to Friday (CET), the team around head coach Renato Gaucho will meet the promoted Sport Recife. After the successful season opener against Ceara (3-2), the Recife Lions remained without a win five times in a row – will the next setback follow?
The persistent negative series was due, among other things, to the poor scoring of the promoted team. In four of the last five games Sport Recife did not score a goal. On the seventh game day of Serie A, the Lions will meet one of the strongest defenders in the league. It would therefore hardly be surprising if a goal was also missed in the upcoming match.
The best bookmakers see Gremio versus Sport Recife as favorites according to odds. A prognosis for the home side is definitely recommended in this case.
Gremio:
Last week, Gremio secured their first title of this competitive season. The Imortal Tricolor won the final of the state championship in Rio Grande do Sul and celebrated the first title win this calendar year. Now the Imortal Tricolor want to add to the Brazilian Serie A and end the current draw series.
Most recently, Gremio had four points in the domestic league in a row. While the draws against teams like Flamengo (1: 1) and Corinthians (0: 0) can be coped with, the results against Vasco da Gama and Ceara were rather less positive. It is therefore all the more important to record a home win over the newly promoted Sport Recife.
In the last season, Gremio was one of the strongest home teams in the league. Imortal Tricolor knew how to build on this in this calendar year as well. In the course of the last twelve home games (across all competitions) Gremio only lost to Caxias (1: 2 and 0: 2). In addition, the Imortal Tricolor did not concede six of twelve games in their own stadium.
Together with arch-rivals Internacional, Gremio currently has the strongest defense in Serie A. In the five league games, the Imortal Tricolor conceded only two goals. Should coach Renato Gaucho’s team work on the offensive game, it seems like only a matter of time before Gremio finds its way onto the road to success.
Sport Recife:
The newcomer from Recife is down to earth. After the successful season opener against Ceara (3: 2), the team last failed to win five times in a row and thus slipped into the Serie A table cellar. The difficult away game in Porto Alegre is on the seventh matchday. So it is quite possible that the lions will remain in the red zone.
The big problem area for the team is undoubtedly the offensive at the moment. In four out of six games, Sport Recife failed to score. This was reason enough to change coach at short notice. Before the sixth game day of Serie A, Jair Ventura took over the scepter at the promoted team. At the 41-year-old’s coaching debut, the Lions suffered a last-minute bankruptcy against Coritiba (0: 1).
It is rather unrealistic that, of all things, the trend reversal is being initiated in Porto Alegre. After all, one of the weakest offensives in Serie A travels to one of the best defenses in the league. There are therefore hardly any arguments in the match between Gremio vs. Sport Recife speak for a forecast in favor of the guests.
In a foreign country, Sport Recife already had some problems last season. The weakness away from home seems to continue this calendar year. There were only two away wins in the 14 away games in 2020.
Coach Ventura will at least be able to draw on unlimited resources in the upcoming away game in Porto Alegre. Compared to the league competition, the 41-year-old has a manageable squad. There were no major investments in the last transfer window. No major changes are expected in the starting XI.
Gremio vs Sport Recife head to head matches
27.10.18 SA Gremio Sport Recife 3 : 4
13.06.18 SA Sport Recife Gremio 0 : 0
02.09.17 SA Gremio Sport Recife 5 : 0
28.05.17 SA Sport Recife Gremio 4 : 3
07.11.16 SA Gremio Sport Recife 0 : 3